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Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region

Cultural World Heritage property in Japan, inscribed in 2017 under criteria (ii), (iii).

Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region, Japan
Photo: Jerry fish tkc · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Japan
Year of inscription
2017
Criteria
iiiii
Area of property
99 ha
Location
Munakata, Fukutsu
What it is
group of geographic locations, sacred place
Component parts
8 (serial property)
Official website
okinoshima-heritage.jp/
Reference
WHC 1535 · Wikidata Q324638

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, Japan122 kmSites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal MiningJapan · 2015CulturalGaya Tumuli, South Korea158 kmGaya TumuliSouth Korea · 2023CulturalPetroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream, South Korea174 kmPetroglyphs along the Bangucheon StreamSouth Korea · 2025CulturalSeokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple, South Korea183 kmSeokguram Grotto and Bulguksa TempleSouth Korea · 1995CulturalGyeongju Historic Areas, South Korea189 kmGyeongju Historic AreasSouth Korea · 2000CulturalHidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region, Japan195 kmHidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki RegionJapan · 2018Cultural
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